{"id":1735995,"date":"2022-11-12T08:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T13:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735995"},"modified":"2022-11-12T08:47:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T13:47:51","slug":"republicans-need-just-seven-seats-to-capture-house-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-need-just-seven-seats-to-capture-house-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Need Just Seven Seats to Capture House Majority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-need-just-seven-seats-to-capture-house-majority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735995&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">The results of about two dozen congressional races across the country are still outstanding and all Republicans need to successfully flip the chamber (and retiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/nancy-pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi)<\/a> are seven of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">So far, after Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections results, Republicans have secured 211 seats of the chamber&#8217;s 435 members \u2014 just shy of a 218-member majority.<\/p>\n<p>Crucial contests in Alaska, California, Colorado, and Maine are all that stand in the way of the GOP celebrating a major victory in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">midterm elections<\/a> or potentially admitting an unexpected failure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/live-news\/2022-midterm-elections-voting-results-predictions-candidates-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2022: LIVE UPDATES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans are currently projected to win a majority in the chamber, although final counts may not be known until early next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/Untitled-32.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"From left to right: Alaska GOP House candidate Nick Begich, Alaska GOP House candidate Sarah Palin, and Alaska Democrat House candidate Mary Peltola.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      From left to right: Alaska GOP House candidate Nick Begich, Alaska GOP House candidate Sarah Palin, and Alaska Democrat House candidate Mary Peltola.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Brandon Bell, Mary Peltola campaign, Ash Adams for The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The remaining races include:<\/p>\n<p>Alaska&#8217;s at-large Congressional District: Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/p\/sarah-palin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Sarah Palin.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona:\u00a0<br \/>AZ-01 with Democrat Jevin Hodge and Republican Rep. David Schweikert.<br \/>AZ-06 with Democrat Kirsten Engel and Republican Juan Ciscomani.<\/p>\n<p>California:\u00a0<br \/>CA-03 with Democrat Kermit Jones and Republican Kevin Kiley.<br \/>CA-06 with Democrat Rep. Ami Bera and Republican Tamika Hamilton.<br \/>CA-09 with Democrat Rep. Josh Harder and Republican Tom Patti.<br \/>CA-13 with Democrat Adam Gray and Republican John Duarte.<br \/>CA-21 with Democrat Rep. Jim Costa and Republican Michael Maher<br \/>CA-22 with Democrat Rudy Salas and Republican Rep. David Valadao<br \/>CA-26 with Democrat Rep. Julia Brownley and Republican Matt Jacobs<br \/>CA-27 with Democrat Christy Smith and Republican Rep. Mike Garcia<br \/>CA-35 with Democrat Rep. Norma Torres and Republican Mike Cargile<br \/>CA-41 with Democrat Will Rollins and Republican Rep. Ken Calvert<br \/>CA-45 with Democrat Jay Chen and Republican Rep. Michelle Steel<br \/>CA-47 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/california-several-competitive-house-races-still-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat Rep. Katie Porter<\/a> and Republican Scott Baugh<br \/>CA-49 with Democrat Rep. Mike Levin and Republican Brian Maryott<br \/>*CA-15, while undecided, features two Democrats. This is also the case for CA-34.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado:<br \/>CO-03 with Democrat Adam Frisch and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/boebert-inches-ahead-colorado-votes-continue-tallied\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert<\/a><br \/>CO-08 with Democrat Yadira Caraveo and Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer<\/p>\n<p>Maine:<br \/>ME-02 with Democrat Rep. Jared Golden and Republican Bruce Poliquin<\/p>\n<p>New York:<br \/>NY-22 with Democrat Francis Conole and Republican Brandon Williams<\/p>\n<p>Oregon:<br \/>OR-05 with Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer<br \/>OR-06 with Democrat Andrea Salinas and Republican Mike Erickson<\/p>\n<p>Washington:<br \/>WA-03 with Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican Joe Kent<\/p>\n<p>Both political parties have claimed victory with the midterm election results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-campaign-committee-chair-touts-bottom-line-we-flipped-the-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOUSE GOP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIR TOUTS \u2018THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE FLIPPED THE HOUSE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-declares-gop-will-take-majority-house-push-out-pelosi-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republican Party Leader Kevin McCarthy,<\/a> who could become the next House Speaker, praised his party&#8217;s performance in the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is clear that we are going to take the House back,&#8221; McCarthy said Tuesday night. &#8220;We will be in the majority and [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1244639992.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., addresses an Election Night party in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, also appears.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., addresses an Election Night party in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, also appears.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>National Republican Congressional Committee chair Rep. Tom Emmer told reporters Wednesday that his party &#8220;delivered on our goal&#8221; by winning back the chamber\u2019s majority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For any of the naysayers, we are happy to point out this is now the second straight cycle that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> have picked up seats,&#8221; Emmer said. &#8220;Our gains were powered by our diverse crop of candidates and that\u2019s a huge win for our party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;At the end of the day, the bottom line is we flipped the House and we\u2019re now going to be a check on Joe Biden and the Democrats&#8217; one-party rule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/potential-red-wave-turns-trickle-disappointing-midterm-elections-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>POTENTIAL RED WAVE APPEARS TO TURN INTO A TRICKLE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conversely, Democrats claimed to have successfully fended off a Republican &#8220;red wave&#8221; that mostly failed to materialize.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For two years, Republicans bragged about a GOP \u2018red wave,\u2019 but already the media and Republican members of Congress have conceded this election is far from it,&#8221; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee executive director Tim Persico said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1244635660.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Graeme Sloan\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve got a long way to go, but win or lose, our candidates, our members and our teams all have a lot to be proud of \u2013 they fought hard, even when everyone counted them out,&#8221; he also said.<\/p>\n<p>Across Capitol Hill, the majority of the U.S. Senate is also still up for grabs as Republicans and Democrats hold 49 seats each, with Nevada and Georgia still outstanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of about two dozen congressional races across the country are still outstanding and all Republicans need to successfully flip the chamber (and retiring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1610014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1735995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1735995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1610014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1735995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1735995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1735995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}